How many times can you say this

TONGUE TWISTER without getting

your tongue tangled?

BETTY BOTTERBetty Botter bought some butter.

“But,” she said, “the butter’s bitter.If I put it in my batter,

it will make my batter bitter.But a bit of better butter—

that would make my batter better.”

BETTY BOTTERSo she bought a bit of butter,better than her bitter butter.And she put it in her batter,

and the batter was not bitter.So ‘twas better Betty Botter bought

A bit of better butter!

What makes a tongue twister

difficult to recite?

OBJECTIVES

Sound Devices• used by writers to

convey and reinforce meaning or the experience of literature through the skillful use of sound

Commonly used sound devices include:

1. Consonance2. Alliteration3. Assonance4. Onomatopoeia

• increases the enjoyment of the reader and her appreciation for the work

CONSONANCE-- repetition of internal or ending consonant sounds of

words that are close together, usually seen in poetry

Example:I dropped the locket in the thick mud.

ALLITERATION-- the repetition of the first consonant sounds of

words that are close together

Example: from Robert Frost’s Nothing Gold Can Stay

her hardest hue to hold

-- depends on sound, NOT spelling

-- the repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words

Example:It beats…as it sweeps…as it cleans!

ASSONANCE

ONOMATOPOEIA-- the use of words that imitate the sounds that are

associated with the objects or the actions that they refer to. Being able to use it will help your writing come alive!

ONOMATOPOEIAWhich of the following sentences creates a

better picture?

1. There was a large horn in the parade.2. “Ha-rrumph, ha-rrumph,” went the large horn

in the parade.

ONOMATOPOEIA-- it is simply a written word to represent the noise

or sound from reality

water plops into pondsplish-splash downhill

warbling magpies in treetrilling, melodic thrill

-- Lee Emmett

TRY THIS!Read the following lines and identify if it makes use of consonance, alliteration, assonance, or onomatopoeia.

1. Crack an egg. Stir the butter. Break the yolk. Stoke the heat. Hear it sizzle. Shake the salt.

2. Pomegranate pumper nickelPeach pimento pizza plum,Peanut pumpkin bubblegum.

3. “the moon as soon as Balbue began to croon”

TRY THIS!Read the following poem in the next slide.

Examine how Sound Devices put special flavor in the poem. Look for consonance, alliteration, assonance, and onomatopoeia, and write them down in your notebook.

TRY THIS!“Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew.

While these fleas flew freezy breeze blew.Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze.Freezy trees made these trees’ cheese freeze!

That’s what made these three free fleas sneeze “ACHOO! A-CHOO!”

But these three fleas still flew away,With their BUZZZZZ! BUZZZZZ!

Coupled with ACHOO! A-CHOO! A-CHOO!

- adapted from Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss

References:

• CALLIOPE by Barday Lipson, Ed.D.• http://examples.yourdictionary.com/• http://www.ereadingsheets.com/figurative-

language/poetic_devises